Inside the Times

Published: June 22, 2009

International

TEST LOOMS AS U.S. TRACKS NORTH KOREAN FREIGHTER

A North Korean ship shadowed by an American Navy destroyer and possibly heading toward Myanmar on Sunday could pose the first test of how far the United States and its allies will go under a new United Nations resolution to stop the North's military shipments. PAGE A8

IRANIAN LEADER'S SILENCE

The absence Iran's former president, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, from public view since the country's disputed elections appears to have escalated an internal battle among Iran's political elite. PAGE A6

EX-ZAMBIAN LEADER ON TRIAL

Frederick Chiluba, the former president of Zambia, is standing trial on charges that he stole from his impoverished people during his tenure. He is a rarity in Africa, a big man brought low by corruption charges. PAGE A4

RECRUITING THAI INSURGENTS

Insurgents in southern Thailand are using a network of Islamic schools to recruit fighters, but their movement does not appear to be linked to Al Qaeda or other foreign Islamist groups, according to a study due to be released. PAGE A9

National

OFFICIAL TO ISSUE WARNING

On Inferior Charter Schools

In an address scheduled for Monday, Education Secretary Arne Duncan will warn advocates of the schools that low-quality institutions are giving their movement a black eye. PAGE A10

WRESTLING WITH THE DEFICIT

President Obama has expressed concern over the growing federal budget gap, and he has two good reasons for worry: one is political; the other is substantive. John Harwood, The Caucus. PAGE A11

MAN INDICTED IN KILLING

A former medical student who the Boston police say killed a woman he met on Craigslist has been indicted on first-degree murder. PAGE A13

CALIFORNIA'S BUDGET FIGHT

While California Democrats struggle to preserve programs for the state's neediest residents through accounting maneuvers and new taxes, Republicans are holding the line. PAGE A12

New York

PATERSON VOWS VOTE

On Marriage Bill

Gov. David A. Paterson said that he would make sure that the State Senate votes on same sex-marriage legislation before it breaks for the summer, hours after his administration had refused to commit to forcing a vote on the issue. PAGE A14

BROOKLYN BUILDING COLLAPSES

A four-story residential and commercial building collapsed in a cloud of debris in Brooklyn, temporarily trapping a young girl in an adjacent structure but causing no serious injuries, city officials said. PAGE A15

CAMPUSES PITCH WARES

Financially battered colleges and universities are trying to wring all the value they can from venerable halls and shiny athletic centers. PAGE A16

Business

HOW GOOD (OR NOT EVIL)

Is Google?

Google is, broadly, the Wal-Mart of the Internet, a huge force that can set terms and price, except it is not selling hammers and CDs, but operating at the vanguard of intellectual property. David Carr, The Media Equation. PAGE B1

PLACING BETS ON A PRODUCER

Lorenzo di Bonaventura, a Hollywood producer, has been circling the globe with an unusual load: promoting his three latest films, which also make up Paramount's entire summer movie schedule. PAGE B1

PAYING BY PHONE

Investors, start-ups and major corporations are pouring money into services that make it easier to use cellphones to buy goods and transfer money. PAGE B1

LAWSUIT AGAINST CHASE

Len Blavatnik, the Russian-American investor, plans to file a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase that accuses the bank of mismanaging an investment account that held $1 billion in assets owned by his industrial holding company. PAGE B2

'RUNWAY' REPLICA STRUGGLES

''The Fashion Show,'' a design competition on Bravo, was supposed to be a stand-in for ''Project Runway,'' the biggest hit in the channel's history, but it has pulled in a much smaller audience despite heavy promotion. PAGE B5

Sports

FOR FIRST MATCH,

Tennis's Most Famous Court

As a finalist at Wimbledon last year, Roger Federer will get to play the first match of the tournament on the famous Centre Court -- which will also double as his first match of the year on grass. PAGE D2

A DIVISIVE RALLYING CRY

Michelle Larcher de Brito, a precocious 16-year-old tennis phenomenon from Portugal, has been warned by tennis officials for her signature shrieking, which has raised the ire of opponents and fans. PAGE D2

PRE-DRAFT GAMESMANSHIP

As the N.B.A. draft draws near, the basketball scouts behind the most well-known and the most scrutinized mock N.B.A. drafts are subjected to a vast amount of lobbying and obfuscation from coaches and agents. PAGE D8

U.S. Soccer Advances D1

Arts

MUSEUMS COLLECT

Offbeat Nostalgia

At two very different museums in the Cincinnati area -- the American Sign Museum and the Vent Haven Museum for ventriloquist dummies -- visitors can experience obsessions wrenched from their surroundings, in celebration of a craft. PAGE C1

SERIOUS FACE FOR FAKE NEWS

Bobbie Battista, the ever-present face on CNN during the 1980s and '90s, has resurfaced in the news game as an anchor for Onion News Network, the online video arm of The Onion, the satirical newspaper. PAGE C1

A RAINBOW 10

In the autobiographical musical ''Shafrika, The White Girl,'' Anika Larsen recounts life as one of her family's 10 children -- 6 of them adopted from other countries. Review by Neil Genzlinger. PAGE C2

A KINETIC JAZZ MAN

During his Saturday concert at Carnegie Hall, Jamie Cullum, the brash British piano man, alternately pounded on his Yamaha, jumped on top of it and stood on seats in the audience. Review by Stephen Holden. PAGE C3

Arts, Briefly C2

Theater Review: 'Stunning' C2

Obituaries

RALF DAHRENDORF, 80

A German sociologist, he had experiences in Nazi Germany that led him to develop a theory of liberalism and human freedom that often went against the grain of German politics in the postwar period. PAGE A19

WAYNE L. HORVITZ, 88

A top labor mediator in the Carter administration, he played a significant role in ending or averting major strikes in industries as varied as mining and music. PAGE A19